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The Archbishop of York, Dr Sentamu, and the Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, have urged that Fairtrade principles should be extended to British farmers; and the Farm Crisis Network has asked churches to designate this Sunday as a day of prayer for farmers in the UK.

The moves are made against a background of dairy farmers’ staging lightning blockades of dairies, milk-processing plants, and transport hubs, in protest at reductions in the farm-gate prices. Many of them are receiving less per litre of milk than it costs to produce.